Yes the nannystateism is one of the worse features of British politics.
Health advisories are good but pointless arbitrary gestures are not effective
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Did you disagree with the banning of cigarette advertising?
Or was that ānanny stateā as well?
Because youāre not being stopped from drinking, just like youāre not stopped from smoking.
So my comment above was a tongue in cheek reference to The Thick of It. I generally get fed up of people who say state regulation is red tape or an example of the āNanny Stateā. Bad attempt at being sarcastic!
I actually supported the ban of cigarette advertising, but like others, Iām struggling here with the point of thisā¦If I go to a pub or bar, and Iām drinking, Iāll likely order a beer and would have made that decision based on the decision to go to the pub/bar, rather than the advertising on the glasses.
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Sturgeonās SNP so shit at running this country.
While theyāre at it they may as well ban car logos from cars in an effort to reduce car accidents 
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They are looking at all alcohol advertising. The logos on the glasses is just the low hanging fruit to get people annoyed.
And itās working 
The government should be looking into suspending liquor licenses for pubs that serve alcoholic beverages that donāt correspond to the branding on the glass. Even stronger penalties if serving bitter or lager in a Guinness glass.
Back in my student days, I used to steal those big hefty Hoegaaden glasses from the pub.
What do you mean? Why do you think that any element of this is designed to purposely annoy people, why would the Scottish government want to do that?
Besides, people seem far more bemused than they are annoyed.
I was referring to the article.
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My bad, that obvs makes sense to me now 
https://x.com/georgemonbiot/status/1835651982423372184?s=46
Noncery seems to get quite lenient punishments no matter what.
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The ones making judgments are probably diddlers themselves.
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There are plenty of nonces in UK prisons who would definitely disagree.
My guess is the images werenāt as bad as it was being made out. Probably some fan-made anime pictures, which are notorious for sexualising young people.
Anime can be fucking gross. You can google image stuff that, at least in my opinion, is borderline criminal.
āoh, itās just their cultureā āyou donāt understandā
Piss off you closet paedo
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What Diddy do this time?
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Diddy did dot do didgeridoo, accordion do dis dodger.
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Interesting. Probably a good thing in relation to reducing emissions. Remains to be seen whether there are issues with battery waste and possible conflicts over the required lithium.
Not sure what the sentencing guidelines on these three charges are. @Joshua ? Itās in the SNYC/Manhatten jurisdiction I believe.
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Racketeering conspiracy
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Sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion
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Transportation to engage in prostitution
Also there is apparently a part of the indictment which claims he had cocaine, oxycodone and ketamine, with an intent to supply/distribute. But that isnāt one of the charges.
https://x.com/mazmhussain/status/1836083228408500323?s=46
A long time coming.